Background: Deschutes Pelton Round Butte Fish Passage


Research Papers
Science has guided the Deschutes passage project. Below are some of these reports on topics related to fish and water quality. These documents are best viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 or higher. Download the latest version from the Adobe Web site. FISH Bull Trout Distribution, life history, abundance, harvest, habitat and limiting factors of bull trout in the Metolius River and Lake Billy Chinook, 1983-1994: 1996-1997; Ratliff, et. al Modeling seasonal trophic interactions of adfluvial bull trout in Lake Billy Chinook, Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; Beauchamp, 1999 Immigration of juvenile bull trout from the Metolius River to Lake Billy Chinook, 1996-2002; Lewis, 2003 Fish Habitat Habitat availability and limiting factors for anadromous fish habitat upstream of Pelton Round Butte Project Dams: Progress report; Riehle, 2001 Fish Health Fish disease risk study associated with potential anadromous fish passage at the Pelton Round Butte Project: Summary report 1997-2002; Engelking, 2003 Fish History Fisheries program at the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project 1956 — 1995; Ratliff, 1999 Fish Passage Alternatives for renewing fish passage at the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; Ratliff, 1999 Fish Species Fish species of the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project Area; Witty, 1999 Kokanee Lake Billy Chinook sockeye salmon and kokanee research study 1996-1998, contract completion report, Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; Thiesfeld, 1999 Lake Billy Chinook sockeye salmon and kokanee research study, 1996-2000; Thiede, 2002 Annual timing, relative numbers and age frequency of kokanee passing downstream through Round Butte Dam, 1995-1999; Ratliff, 1999 Rainbow trout Lake Billy Chinook rainbow (redband) trout life history study, final report, Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; Groves, 1999 Salmon and steelhead reintroduction Literature review of factors affecting the behavior of anadromous fish emigrating through lakes and reservoirs; Zabel, 1999 PasRAS: a stochastic simulation of chinook and sockeye life histories, Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; Oosterhout, 1999 Annotated bibliography on ecological interactions between chinook salmon and resident rainbow/steelhead trout; Castillo, 1996 Salmon and steelhead runs Historical salmon and steelhead runs of the upper Deschutes River and their environments; Nelson, 1995 Salmon management A conceptual foundation for the management of native salmon in the Deschutes River; Lichtowich, 1998 Sockeye salmon Maternal origin of sockeye salmon returning to the Pelton Fish Trap in 1997, Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; Zimmerman, 1999 Steelhead reintroduction Population dynamics, habitat capacity and a life history simulation model for steelhead in the Deschutes River; Cramer, 2006 Steelhead and trout Steelhead and resident rainbow trout: Early-life history and habitat use in the Deschutes River, Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; Zimmerman, 1999 WATER QUALITY Deschutes River temperatures Water temperatures in the lower Deschutes River; Huntington, 1999 Supplemental report: Water temperatures in the Deschutes River; Hardin, 1999 Lake flow and temperatures Limnology of Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus, Pelton Round Butte limnology study: Final report; Raymond and Eilers, 1996 Water quality management Pelton Round Butte Project water quality management and monitoring plan; Confederated Tribes and PGE, 2004